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Organic Compost in Your Landscape
Many of our customers don’t realize they have rich organic compost right on their property. Shrub Doctor always recommends planting shrubs with a 50/50 blend of clay soil from the planting hole with...
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Potting Boxwood Cuttings
Shrub Doctor took advantage of the awesome warm weekend to transplant several boxwood shrub cuttings that we propagated this past Spring. The cuttings were simply inserted into nice organic soil and...
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Gutter Mulch
Never under estimate where you might find great organic mulch around your house. The decaying leaf matter in your gutters can be spread around your shrubs to provide them a rich food source.
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Plants inWinter
If you notice the leaves on your plants curling don’t be alarmed. By curling its leaves, this shrub reduces its chance of loosing moisture from the cold and dry winds. As soon it begins to warm, the...
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Transplanting Dogwood Trees
The late winter season is a great time to transplant your dogwood trees. Shrub Doctor moved this tree just the other day. We made a sequence of photos to record the proper procedures that we use to...
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Regulating the Growth of a Tree
Shrub Doctor was given a unique challenge yesterday with providing a long-term sustainable solution for this Willow Oak tree. The tree has no space to grow in this backyard patio area. Shrub Doctor’s...
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Smooth Patch Fungus on Oak
Shrub Doctor noticed a good example of smooth patch fungus activity on this tree today. Also known as white patch, this fungus decomposes the corky outer bark layer of the tree. Since the patch fungus...
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Saving the Lives of Dying Trees
Shrub Doctor was recruited by a large church in Huntersville, NC to save the maple trees on their campus. Shrub Doctor identified 72 trees that were suffering from dehydration, lack of nutrition, and...
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Jack O’Lantern Mushrooms
Shrub Doctor was called assess the health of this oak tree yesterday. Normally mushrooms and fungal conks growing at the base of a tree indicate advanced stages of root decay. In this case, the tree...
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Feeding Charlotte’s Giant Oaks
As you drive along Sharon Road in Charlotte you will notice several mature Willow Oak Trees that line the road. These trees were originally planted as part of the Morrison farm and estate, back at the...
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